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I see that a lot of people like Rukato fics... :) Looks like I'll just have to keep making it Rukato.
The Power of Three
Part 7: Broken Hearts
The foggy digital field had quickly cleared up after Venomon disappeared. There was not a hint nor a trace of Venomon or Henry. Takato felt his stomach flip flop and dropped to his knees. Rika felt a pure surge of anger. In hope for a reply, she screamed out his name, but there was no answer. Falling down next to Takato, Rika rested her head on his shoulder and sobbed noiselessly. Takato wrapped his arm around her.
"We tried." Takato said. But yet in his mind, he knew that they could have done more.
"We... we let him down..." Rika said between sobs. "We let his father down too... Takato, what are we going to do?"
"Rika..." Said Taomon, who had become Renamon again. "Please don't cry."
Rika was right. Takato thought. The two of them had made a promise to Henry's father. Now Henry's gone, his family is devastated, Terriermon is left without a tamer... wait!
Takato was not about to lose hope quite yet. The battle is still going. There's still a chance. Somehow, even with all the troubles, Takato knew they were going to pull through. Rika's tears continued to stream down.
Suddenly, a faint beeping noise was heard. The two tamers and their rookie digimon looked up. A few feet away, lying forgotten on the ground, was Henry's D-power. Pulling out their own, they realized that their d-powers were responding to something as well. The same message scrolled through both devices.
"I've got one. Now it's your turn"
Somewhere in the digital world, Daemon and his henchman, Venomon, entered a chamber with the unconscious Henry still bound to Venomon's tentacles. Lowering him gently onto a stone block, Daemon pulled out an orb. A dark spirit, circling itself inside the orb, flashed hungrily as Daemon smirked.
"The time has come to free you."
Muttering a few words, Daemon released the orb which hovered by itself over the tamer. Focusing on the orb, the spirit broke itself into tiny glowing pieces. It wasn't just a spirit. It was a digimon. It was data. Waving his long staff, Daemon spoke again. The spirit glowed.
In quick flash, an empty orb fell to the floor and rolled away. But now, a ball of dark energy circled itself around Henry until it created a dome engulfing him. Daemon smiled again.
"The ancient spell is cast. Now all we have to do is wait."
Back in the real world, after leaving Guilmon and Renamon at Guilmon's bunker, Takato and Rika entered Henry's apartment. The lady at the information desk looked up. "What do you kids want?" She barked.
Takato stammered. "We... we... um..."
"We're looking for the Wong residence." Rika said to the lady.
Grunting, she got up and looked through her files. "14th floor, #16." She said.
Without saying thanks, Rika grabbed Takato's arm and dragged him to the elevators.
Rika didn't ring the doorbell when they arrived. Unsure of what to say to Henry father, she froze and turned to Takato.
"You ring the bell."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
"But why can't you ring the bell?"
"Because... I'm too direct. I'd probably just ring the door bell and say, 'Mr. Wong, Henry's been kidnapped. We're taking Terriermon' or something like that."
Takato sighed, but smiled. "It's nice to know that you can admit your weaknesses." Rika shot him a pretend death glare.
"Hey, don't you DARE mention me and weaknesses in the same sentence." She said in a joking voice. Takato smiled again and stepped in front of the door. Pushing the bell, the two heard a young voice, unmistakably Susie's, yell out loud.
"HENWY!"
The door flung open so quickly, Takato was caught off guard when little Susie pounced onto him, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Oh, Henwy, I missed you so much and..." She shouted, hugging Takato.
"Uh..." Takato was still a bit shocked.
"Huh?" Susie looked at Takato and frowned. "You're not Henwy... You're just dat angwy kid!" Susie bit her bottom lip as she started crying. "Where's Henwy? What did you do wid my bwother?" She pounded on Takato's chest as she continued to throw questions at him.
Rika saw Takato on the ground, wincing in pain as Henry's tiny little sister appeared to be pounding him when she was actually just upset and beating lightly at him. This would all have been very funny if the situation wasn't so tragic. Smiling, she lifted Susie off of Takato and held her as if she had been her own sister.
"Don't cry, Susie... it's going to be ok." Rika said gently, cradling the girl in her arms. Susie paused for a moment and looked at Rika.
"I know you, you're Wika!" Susie cried, trying to focus herself. "My bwother always talks about you." Tears still streaming down her cheeks, she flung her arms around Rika's neck, crying on her shoulder. "I don't know what happened to Henwy..." She sobbed. "He's been missing for two days and I... I..." Quickly, her gentle sobs turned into bawling. "I want my bwother back!"
"Don't worry..." Rika said, stroking her hair. "He's going to be ok..."
Takato winced again as he picked himself off the ground. "How come she gets a hug and I only get a pounding on the chest?" He muttered to himself.
"Susie?" A female voice called out. It was Mrs. Wong. "Are you causing trouble to the visitors again?"
"Oh, no, ma'am, she's no trouble." Rika said with a smile.
"Right..." Takato rolled him eyes. "No trouble at all." Remembering the reason why they were there, Takato spoke up. "We need to talk to Mr. Wong." Mrs. Wong nodded.
"Honey, there are two kids here to see you." She said. Turning back to the kids, she smiled. "Please, do come in."
Rika and Takato sat down onto the couches. Susie sat next to Rika and laid her head onto Rika's lap. Quietly still crying, she fell asleep. Seconds later, Mr. Wong came out of his room. "Rika, Takato!" He said. Mr. Wong's face fell when he realized that Henry wasn't with them. Rika and Takato looked at each other, not knowing where to begin. Mr. Wong sat down in an armchair and remained silent.
"Sir..." Takato tried to start, but Mr. Wong raised his hand to silent him.
"There's no need to explain." Mr. Wong said. "I understand that Henry only wants to keep his friends out of trouble. I don't know how far he will go to do this, sometimes he'll push himself further than his limits."
"Mr. Wong, we're still searching... it's not over yet." Rika said. "We're certain that he'll be alright."
Takato glanced at Rika. Is she telling the truth? Or is she just covering the fact that maybe we might not win?
Mr. Wong just smiled at the two. "Henry is very lucky to have friends like you. Before he met you two, he never said much to or about anybody except his family."
"Henry did leave a note..." Takato said. Then he remembered he left it in the park. "I can't show you... but we need Terriermon." Understandingly, Mr. Wong nodded and got up. Disappearing into the back, Takato and Rika sighed.
"Rika... may I ask you something?" Takato said.
"Sure."
"Before, when Susie said 'My brother always talks about you' do you think she meant...?"
"Don't know... hard to say."
"I mean... maybe Henry did get upset when he found out the two of us were... ahem..."
"Together." Rika finished for him. "Maybe he was, but he hid it very well. Besides..." Rika placed her finger onto his lips. "I..."
Suddenly, Mr. Wong immerged from the back. Rika and Takato quickly broke apart, blushing. Mr. Wong was holding Terriermon. "Sorry I took so long, kids. Terriermon was hiding in closet."
"I was trying to get away from being dressed as Miss Pwetty Pants all over again." Terriermon whispered, then frowned. "Then again, she might just dress me up in black." Mr. Wong, giving Terriermon to Takato, picked up Susie off Rika's lap.
"You better get home before your families get worried." Said Mr. Wong. "And remember... with this fight going on... be careful."
"We will, Mr. Wong. Thank you." Takato and Rika went out the door and returned to Guilmon's bunker. Guilmon, Renamon, and playful little Calumon were waiting around. "I guess Mr. Wong already told you about... well..." Takato trailed off. Terriermon nodded sadly. "He did." Trying to brighten up, he smiled and said, "But I'm done sulking! Let's find these foul digimon and beat their brains out!"
"But Terriermon," Guilmon said. "We don't know where they are, or what they might have done."
"Oh, Guilmon, don't be such a downer." Takato said.
"But it's true." Renamon said.
"Renamon!" Rika yelled. The three digimon and Takato were taken aback by Rika yelling at her own digimon - her best friend. Calumon's ears shrunk. "I just mean... it's not like we're just going to leave it at that. We'll find out."
"And how would we do that?" Renamon asked.
"I've already found part of that out for you, toots!" A voice cried. The group turned towards the doorway. There stood a tiny purple digimon, Impmon.
"What? How do you know anything?" Rika shouted.
"Hey, easy there, I'll tell you..." Impmon smirked. "For a price."
"Just tell us and I won't make a meal out of you!" Terriermon said.
"Oooh... you really scared me, ya scrawny little punching bag." Renamon strolled over to Impmon and picked him up.
"How's this, Impmon... you tell us what you know, and I won't throw to into the wall until you smash through it!" She scowled.
"H...hey, no need to get violent, toots! I'll tell you!" Renamon released Impmon who fell with a thud onto the ground.
"Alright, alright..." Impmon muttered. "Well, I know you're looking for Daemon, right?" The tamers and the digimon nodded. "Then you need to know the legend of Venomhydramon."
To be continued in Part 8...
I'm wondering if this was a good place to end... oh well. Don't forget to R/R!
I see that a lot of people like Rukato fics... :) Looks like I'll just have to keep making it Rukato.
The Power of Three
Part 7: Broken Hearts
The foggy digital field had quickly cleared up after Venomon disappeared. There was not a hint nor a trace of Venomon or Henry. Takato felt his stomach flip flop and dropped to his knees. Rika felt a pure surge of anger. In hope for a reply, she screamed out his name, but there was no answer. Falling down next to Takato, Rika rested her head on his shoulder and sobbed noiselessly. Takato wrapped his arm around her.
"We tried." Takato said. But yet in his mind, he knew that they could have done more.
"We... we let him down..." Rika said between sobs. "We let his father down too... Takato, what are we going to do?"
"Rika..." Said Taomon, who had become Renamon again. "Please don't cry."
Rika was right. Takato thought. The two of them had made a promise to Henry's father. Now Henry's gone, his family is devastated, Terriermon is left without a tamer... wait!
Takato was not about to lose hope quite yet. The battle is still going. There's still a chance. Somehow, even with all the troubles, Takato knew they were going to pull through. Rika's tears continued to stream down.
Suddenly, a faint beeping noise was heard. The two tamers and their rookie digimon looked up. A few feet away, lying forgotten on the ground, was Henry's D-power. Pulling out their own, they realized that their d-powers were responding to something as well. The same message scrolled through both devices.
"I've got one. Now it's your turn"
Somewhere in the digital world, Daemon and his henchman, Venomon, entered a chamber with the unconscious Henry still bound to Venomon's tentacles. Lowering him gently onto a stone block, Daemon pulled out an orb. A dark spirit, circling itself inside the orb, flashed hungrily as Daemon smirked.
"The time has come to free you."
Muttering a few words, Daemon released the orb which hovered by itself over the tamer. Focusing on the orb, the spirit broke itself into tiny glowing pieces. It wasn't just a spirit. It was a digimon. It was data. Waving his long staff, Daemon spoke again. The spirit glowed.
In quick flash, an empty orb fell to the floor and rolled away. But now, a ball of dark energy circled itself around Henry until it created a dome engulfing him. Daemon smiled again.
"The ancient spell is cast. Now all we have to do is wait."
Back in the real world, after leaving Guilmon and Renamon at Guilmon's bunker, Takato and Rika entered Henry's apartment. The lady at the information desk looked up. "What do you kids want?" She barked.
Takato stammered. "We... we... um..."
"We're looking for the Wong residence." Rika said to the lady.
Grunting, she got up and looked through her files. "14th floor, #16." She said.
Without saying thanks, Rika grabbed Takato's arm and dragged him to the elevators.
Rika didn't ring the doorbell when they arrived. Unsure of what to say to Henry father, she froze and turned to Takato.
"You ring the bell."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
"But why can't you ring the bell?"
"Because... I'm too direct. I'd probably just ring the door bell and say, 'Mr. Wong, Henry's been kidnapped. We're taking Terriermon' or something like that."
Takato sighed, but smiled. "It's nice to know that you can admit your weaknesses." Rika shot him a pretend death glare.
"Hey, don't you DARE mention me and weaknesses in the same sentence." She said in a joking voice. Takato smiled again and stepped in front of the door. Pushing the bell, the two heard a young voice, unmistakably Susie's, yell out loud.
"HENWY!"
The door flung open so quickly, Takato was caught off guard when little Susie pounced onto him, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Oh, Henwy, I missed you so much and..." She shouted, hugging Takato.
"Uh..." Takato was still a bit shocked.
"Huh?" Susie looked at Takato and frowned. "You're not Henwy... You're just dat angwy kid!" Susie bit her bottom lip as she started crying. "Where's Henwy? What did you do wid my bwother?" She pounded on Takato's chest as she continued to throw questions at him.
Rika saw Takato on the ground, wincing in pain as Henry's tiny little sister appeared to be pounding him when she was actually just upset and beating lightly at him. This would all have been very funny if the situation wasn't so tragic. Smiling, she lifted Susie off of Takato and held her as if she had been her own sister.
"Don't cry, Susie... it's going to be ok." Rika said gently, cradling the girl in her arms. Susie paused for a moment and looked at Rika.
"I know you, you're Wika!" Susie cried, trying to focus herself. "My bwother always talks about you." Tears still streaming down her cheeks, she flung her arms around Rika's neck, crying on her shoulder. "I don't know what happened to Henwy..." She sobbed. "He's been missing for two days and I... I..." Quickly, her gentle sobs turned into bawling. "I want my bwother back!"
"Don't worry..." Rika said, stroking her hair. "He's going to be ok..."
Takato winced again as he picked himself off the ground. "How come she gets a hug and I only get a pounding on the chest?" He muttered to himself.
"Susie?" A female voice called out. It was Mrs. Wong. "Are you causing trouble to the visitors again?"
"Oh, no, ma'am, she's no trouble." Rika said with a smile.
"Right..." Takato rolled him eyes. "No trouble at all." Remembering the reason why they were there, Takato spoke up. "We need to talk to Mr. Wong." Mrs. Wong nodded.
"Honey, there are two kids here to see you." She said. Turning back to the kids, she smiled. "Please, do come in."
Rika and Takato sat down onto the couches. Susie sat next to Rika and laid her head onto Rika's lap. Quietly still crying, she fell asleep. Seconds later, Mr. Wong came out of his room. "Rika, Takato!" He said. Mr. Wong's face fell when he realized that Henry wasn't with them. Rika and Takato looked at each other, not knowing where to begin. Mr. Wong sat down in an armchair and remained silent.
"Sir..." Takato tried to start, but Mr. Wong raised his hand to silent him.
"There's no need to explain." Mr. Wong said. "I understand that Henry only wants to keep his friends out of trouble. I don't know how far he will go to do this, sometimes he'll push himself further than his limits."
"Mr. Wong, we're still searching... it's not over yet." Rika said. "We're certain that he'll be alright."
Takato glanced at Rika. Is she telling the truth? Or is she just covering the fact that maybe we might not win?
Mr. Wong just smiled at the two. "Henry is very lucky to have friends like you. Before he met you two, he never said much to or about anybody except his family."
"Henry did leave a note..." Takato said. Then he remembered he left it in the park. "I can't show you... but we need Terriermon." Understandingly, Mr. Wong nodded and got up. Disappearing into the back, Takato and Rika sighed.
"Rika... may I ask you something?" Takato said.
"Sure."
"Before, when Susie said 'My brother always talks about you' do you think she meant...?"
"Don't know... hard to say."
"I mean... maybe Henry did get upset when he found out the two of us were... ahem..."
"Together." Rika finished for him. "Maybe he was, but he hid it very well. Besides..." Rika placed her finger onto his lips. "I..."
Suddenly, Mr. Wong immerged from the back. Rika and Takato quickly broke apart, blushing. Mr. Wong was holding Terriermon. "Sorry I took so long, kids. Terriermon was hiding in closet."
"I was trying to get away from being dressed as Miss Pwetty Pants all over again." Terriermon whispered, then frowned. "Then again, she might just dress me up in black." Mr. Wong, giving Terriermon to Takato, picked up Susie off Rika's lap.
"You better get home before your families get worried." Said Mr. Wong. "And remember... with this fight going on... be careful."
"We will, Mr. Wong. Thank you." Takato and Rika went out the door and returned to Guilmon's bunker. Guilmon, Renamon, and playful little Calumon were waiting around. "I guess Mr. Wong already told you about... well..." Takato trailed off. Terriermon nodded sadly. "He did." Trying to brighten up, he smiled and said, "But I'm done sulking! Let's find these foul digimon and beat their brains out!"
"But Terriermon," Guilmon said. "We don't know where they are, or what they might have done."
"Oh, Guilmon, don't be such a downer." Takato said.
"But it's true." Renamon said.
"Renamon!" Rika yelled. The three digimon and Takato were taken aback by Rika yelling at her own digimon - her best friend. Calumon's ears shrunk. "I just mean... it's not like we're just going to leave it at that. We'll find out."
"And how would we do that?" Renamon asked.
"I've already found part of that out for you, toots!" A voice cried. The group turned towards the doorway. There stood a tiny purple digimon, Impmon.
"What? How do you know anything?" Rika shouted.
"Hey, easy there, I'll tell you..." Impmon smirked. "For a price."
"Just tell us and I won't make a meal out of you!" Terriermon said.
"Oooh... you really scared me, ya scrawny little punching bag." Renamon strolled over to Impmon and picked him up.
"How's this, Impmon... you tell us what you know, and I won't throw to into the wall until you smash through it!" She scowled.
"H...hey, no need to get violent, toots! I'll tell you!" Renamon released Impmon who fell with a thud onto the ground.
"Alright, alright..." Impmon muttered. "Well, I know you're looking for Daemon, right?" The tamers and the digimon nodded. "Then you need to know the legend of Venomhydramon."
To be continued in Part 8...
I'm wondering if this was a good place to end... oh well. Don't forget to R/R!